Sunday, April 20, 2008

Khaleej Times reported A fatwa has been issued by Dubai Islamic Affairs Department (DIAD) to ban printing of names that include the 99 names of Almighty God such as Abdul Rahman, Abdullah, Abdul Salam as well as names of prophets and saints on the labels of sample bottles provided by hospitals and laboratories to the patients. A top official at DIAD said the fatwa bans writing or printing the name of Almighty God on stool or urine samples desecrates the glorious names of God.

Maybe you should stop naming people Muhammad and other "holy names".

The DIAD advised the hospitals and laboratories to write the file number of the patients on the bottles.

But the numbers represent the patient names, just as your "Allah" has 99 names.

The DIAD has alerted the Ministry of Health and Dubai Department of Health and Medical Services (DOHMS) to implement the decision in order to stop this practice immediately.